Do you want JH to get a lower salary next contract?
I understand the reasoning behind those who want to keep JH and they have very good points. My question to them is:
Should he be offered a salary closer to his actual performance next round of talks?
Also, what do you think will actually happen? If things keep going like this, the next contract could be a very difficult process.
October 13th, 2019 at 2:03 PM ^
Next contract? Pffffff
October 13th, 2019 at 2:23 PM ^
Do you want JH to get a lower salary next contract?
No.
I want this guy to get his next contract. Somethings wrong on the team. I don't know what it is. But it has to be fixed. And I just don't see the fire in Jim Harbaugh to fix it.
October 13th, 2019 at 2:24 PM ^
Sorry.
I love Jim Harbaugh. I still think he is Captain Comeback. But I don't like the job he is doing. Something is wrong.
And I've been a Michigan fan for almost 50 years.
October 14th, 2019 at 8:50 AM ^
Well something didn't seem right from the day he stepped off the plane when he accepted the job. I was skeptical until they went into Kinnick and lost 14-13. From that point I wasn't very sure about all the hype.
October 13th, 2019 at 2:32 PM ^
"Am I retarded?"
-MonkeyMan
October 13th, 2019 at 2:38 PM ^
Why the hell would I give two ? what he makes????? More importantly, why do you?
October 13th, 2019 at 2:46 PM ^
No, I would prefer he come to the realization that scoring points is how you win championships.
October 13th, 2019 at 2:50 PM ^
If our head coach was anyone else but Harbaugh, the success we’ve had would be celebrated. Everyone thought that Harbaugh couldn’t do any wrong, which set everyone up for disappointment. Think about it, Harbaugh took over from a guy who didn’t wear a headset. Unfortunately it takes twice as long to fix something than the time it took to mess it up in the first place. Our record against un ranked teams is immaculate compared to what it was under Rich Rod and Hoke. We’re doing just fine. There’s problems and issues, but we’re not a dumpster fire like some people think.
October 13th, 2019 at 3:00 PM ^
You have to take into consideration that the team was better in 2016. I'm not comparing Jim Harbaugh to Hoke and Rodriguez. I'm comparing him to him self. He is not the same man he was in 2016. I don't know what's wrong on the team. But something feels wrong. I liked the direction the team was going in 2016. I don't like what I've seen since then. I thought I'd see a change in direction this year. But I don't.
Maybe Captain Comeback will prove me wrong, and the team will go 11-1 this year.
October 13th, 2019 at 3:24 PM ^
You think 10-3, 10-3, 8-5, and 10-3 would be celebrated if it was anyone else? I'd say you're wrong. Any coach we would have hired was hired to win the big ten and beat OSU, Harbaugh just happened to be the best option at the time, or so we thought.
October 13th, 2019 at 2:59 PM ^
I thankfully do not think Jim Harbaugh would be affected by job performance metrics.
And you need to be very careful if you ever install performance metrics that are linked to pay. There are many that will “game” whatever system you set up to maximize the pay, while being an overall detriment to the whole.
October 13th, 2019 at 3:00 PM ^
Who gives a damn. It's not my money. What I do care about is his offense looking like a dumpster fire
October 13th, 2019 at 3:11 PM ^
JH deserves the same salary.....as long as the Miami Dolphins are paying it.
October 13th, 2019 at 3:31 PM ^
Well it would make the guy behind me in the stadium happy. He seems personally offended as a tax payer of the state of Michigan. (The fact that the program is self-funded by TV money doesn't seem to matter to him.)
I wonder how many of the these guys who are crabbing about Harbaugh's salary were yelling to "open the checkbook" when we were trying to get Harbaugh here?
What I do know is that constantly changing coaches is bad for a program, so right now we need to stay the course with Harbaugh (including paying him the agreed upon salary and not trying to "send a message" by trying to reduce his pay)-- hell, I'd argue we even need to stay the course with Gattis (provided Harbaugh is happy with him)
October 13th, 2019 at 4:14 PM ^
This ^^^ !!!!
Not only self-funded but subsidize by a private endowment.
For such an educated fan base, many Michigan fans are complete morons.
October 13th, 2019 at 6:45 PM ^
I sometimes think we have to pay a jerk fan base premium to attract coaches
October 13th, 2019 at 4:38 PM ^
Yes, keeping Hoke would have been good for the program instead of changing coaches
October 13th, 2019 at 6:46 PM ^
We had a clear upgrade option...
Oh never mind. Enjoy throwing stones.
October 13th, 2019 at 7:13 PM ^
That's fantasy...nobody thought Harbaugh was a legit possibility when Hoke was fired.
October 13th, 2019 at 5:27 PM ^
The athletic department has made more money with Harbaugh as the head football coach. Whether the naysayers like it or not, they make money hand over fist and until such point that Harbaugh causes them to make less money, he's not going to get a pay cut.
October 13th, 2019 at 5:33 PM ^
Yeah I'll feel great about losing to Ohio State as long as the head coach is being paid a little less.
October 13th, 2019 at 7:39 PM ^
Yeah .... that will solve the problem. ?
October 13th, 2019 at 7:50 PM ^
If they lower anything it should be the Lithium dosage.
October 13th, 2019 at 9:54 PM ^
Oof, not cool.
October 13th, 2019 at 8:29 PM ^
If you think there is a better option than Jim, feel free to let us know more about that coach. If you think anything besides the market dictates Jim’s salary we would love to hear that explained. Finally, if all you ask is that we beat Ohio State, just be aware that all you are asking for is Michigan to beat a top 5 college team...
October 13th, 2019 at 10:56 PM ^
Pay him $2 million for each win against MSU, OSU, PSU, and Wiscy. $1 million bonus for the conference championship and $2 million for the national championship.